Stoneware pendant

Now to make 25 more. No matter how hard I try, no two will be identical and that is the beauty of it.

Never miss an opportunity...

Since tomorrow is Mothers Day, I selected one of Andy Romero's pieces for my husband to give me. I make it too easy for him but since I get exactly what I want, I'm happy....that's all that matters, right? So when Andy is a famous potter, I can say,"I knew him when I could still afford his pottery!" And by the way, Happy Mother's day ladies.

Andy Romero Ceramic Arts

Hard to miss his magnificently humongous pottery. We met at the Draper Senior Center where he is there to teach a Saturday class. It was great to see him and his work.

First annual Draper Arts and Crafts Festival

It was a beautiful day for the event. Of course I was scouting out for some pottery.

Pavilion at Draper Arts & Crafts Festival

Details of the previous

I was very pleased with the results of this firing. I do consider everything an experiment no matter how many times I've used a certain glaze. So I have made flat bisqued shapes to put under the hanging pendants. Those commercial glazes, especially the new Mayco stoneware, seem very forgiving but since we are layering and blending glazes, I thought I would be extra careful. A little sagging went on with the longer, thinner wire, but doesn't that happen to the best of us, lol.  Next time I will put a post in the middle, but I am liking the thicker high temperature rods with little hooks to hang the pendants. The pyrometric cone on the left is for cone 5 and was at the top shelf of this Skutt digital kiln; the one on the right also being cone 5, was on the bottom shelf.  For this firing, I added a 15 minute hold so that the bottom of the kiln would reach cone 5. Since the glazes are for cone 5/6, this worked out.